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Notable Aircraft at ASG Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the ASG pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

ASG Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at Ashburton Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at ASG Right Now

2 aircraft tracked

Air New Zealand
1
Unknown
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

DE HAVILLAND DHC-8-300 Dash 8 and PIPER PA-28-140/150/160/180 are tied at the top of the ASG pattern with 1 aircraft each. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

1
DH8C
DE HAVILLAND DHC-8-300 Dash 8
1
P28A
PIPER PA-28-140/150/160/180

About Ashburton Airport

ASG's busiest nonstop destination is SJC, at 1 flights a week. 17 scheduled destinations overall, served by 5 airlines. Based in Ashburton.

Elevation
302ft
Routes
17
Airlines
5
Busiest Route
ASG → SJC
1x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the ASG radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
NZNZ 199L DH8C 11,400 225kt 3nm 5551
ZKLJT P28A 6,975 90kt 25nm 0445

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every 5 seconds. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's real position.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the ASG radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for ASG traffic actually reflect ASG traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Aircraft refresh every 5 to 10 seconds. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.